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Instructional Assistant

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, Canada McMaster University Full time

**Schedule**
37.5 hours per week; Monday to Friday

**Education Level**
Master's degree in a relevant field of study

**Career Level**
Requires 3 years of relevant experience

Pay Grid: Unifor
Job Code: UJD324
Pay Grade: 10

**Job Summary**:
Responsible for providing pedagogical and technical support to instructors, teaching assistants and students. Designs and modifies laboratory experiments, tutorial sessions, and lesson plans in accordance with the curriculum priorities of the instructor within an academic unit, department, or faculty. Forecasts operating budgets for lab and tutorial courses. Ongoing responsibility for supervising ten (10) or more Teaching Assistants.

**Accountabilities**:

- Design, adapt, and modify laboratory experiments and tutorial sessions.
- Modify and adapt test procedures and equipment to meet specialized requirements.
- Forecast budgets and proposed expenditures for new program proposals, and for operating lab and tutorial courses.
- Write and design lesson plans in accordance to the curriculum priorities of the instructor.
- Provide formal supervision to teaching assistants and other part-time staff.
- Communicate curriculum to teaching assistants that is to be covered in tutorial sessions.
- Review current educational research literature to ensure curriculum follows best practices in teaching, education and learning.
- Organize and coordinate teaching laboratories, computer-based instruction, and tutorial classes accordingly.
- Introduce and demonstrate labs or tutorial sessions to students.
- Tutor students in programs and assist students with lab work.
- Train others on proper lab techniques, operating laboratory equipment, and on running efficient and effective tutorial sessions.
- Compose test questions and assignments, and prepare solution sheets for review by others.
- Assist staff with the preparation and set up of equipment and supplies for laboratories and tutorial sessions.
- Organize and monitor the on-line learning environment for courses in an academic unit, department, or faculty by ensuring that the appropriate course content information is made available to students.
- Write a variety of documents such as procedure manuals, correspondence, and reports.
- Prepare a variety of lecture materials including presentation slides and handouts.
- Provide guidance, advice, and solutions to teaching assistants when resolving student inquiries.
- Provide teaching assistants with appropriate teaching material as specified by the instructor.
- Ensure accurate grading of assignments is completed by teaching assistants and report discrepancies to the instructor.
- Correspond and meet with students to address concerns related to the course including, but not limited to, the resolution of contested grades.
- Liaise with instructors, teaching assistants, and students to ensure information within the academic unit is understood by all parties.
- Exchange technical and scientific information amongst colleagues.
- Operate, adjust, and maintain a variety of equipment and instruments.
- Troubleshoot equipment and perform minor repairs. Ensure major repair requests are escalated to the appropriate area.
- Assign tutorials to teaching assistants and arrange teaching assistant office hours.
- Section classes at the beginning of the year, dealing with all scheduling changes, room reservations, and scheduling conflicts.
- Assess the need for laboratory equipment and provide recommendations for the acquisition of materials and equipment.
- Calibrate laboratory equipment according to established calibration standards.
- Collect, track, and safeguard student marks and tests.
- Calculate student marks and submit final grades to appropriate areas.
- Input, maintain, and verify information in a variety of databases and spreadsheets.
- Pipette a variety of reagents and media.
- Prepare chemical reagents and biomedical media according to formulae and assume responsibility for accuracy in the preparation and standardization of solutions.
- Ensure that all laboratory waste is disposed of according to established policies and procedures.

**Qualifications**:

- Education: Master's degree in a relevant field of study.
- Experience: Requires 3 years of relevant experience.

**Additional Information**:
This position is a temporary position for the fall term supporting the Level 1 Biology 1M03 - Biodiversity, Evolution and Humanity and Level 2 Biology 2D03 - Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnology courses. Expertise in these areas is required.
Key components of the Job Description include:

- corresponding and meeting with students to address concerns related to courses including, but not limited to, the resolution of contested grades.
- acting as a mediator between faculty and students when dealing with various issues such as special accommodations, scheduling conflicts, and grades.
- calculating student marks and submitting final grades to appropriate areas.

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